Our client is one of the UK’s largest colleges employing more than 1450 staff in over five sites, all conveniently located in North East Wales, offering easy accessibility from within North Wales, Shropshire, Wirral, Merseyside and Cheshire.

They are now looking for a Director of Human Resources to lead the development and implementation of all aspects of the Human Resources Strategy. Ensuring effective HR support across the whole organisation, you will support a continuous improvement and high performance culture which empowers and motivates staff, based on the College’s behaviours.

Providing expert advice, support and challenge to the Senior Management Team, you must ensure that human resources and organisational development issues are integrated into the College’s strategic plan and that you establish practices that promote equality, diversity and inclusion. You will take a leading role in developing and implementing new initiatives and practices that support continuous improvement and the effective delivery of customer focussed services.

If you hold a relevant management qualification at degree/postgraduate level and possess MCIPD or an equivalent professional qualification, then they would love to hear from you!

They ask that you have significant experience of leading and managing a complex function along with an in-depth and wide-ranging experience of HR and organisational development processes. With extensive knowledge and understanding of performance management practices, you will have the ability to effectively plan, manage and monitor budgets and have experience of collaborating formally and informally with joint and single Union negotiating bodies including at full time official level. Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, you will show personal drive and self-confidence and have a proven ability to manage multiple and complex projects.

The ability to speak fluent Welsh is desirable.

A DBS Disclosure will be requested from the successful applicant being offered the position.

Closing Date: 20 March 2018

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